Wells next the Sea receives thousands of visitors every year. On a summer weekend the streets are packed with people who come to enjoy the beaches, the cafes and the pubs which line the quay, but it was one of the later Norfolk coastal towns to become a tourist haven. Author Roger Arguile details its busy role as a fishing centre, as a trading port and as a centre for malting, from the 11th to the 20th centuries, in this fascinating history.
Roger Arguile has been a lawyer and a parish priest. Brought to Wells-next-the-sea by his wife’s family in 1980, he has lived here permanently since 2007. His interests cover the influence of external events on a community, the importance of technical inventions and economics, but also what people thought and believed.
Since coming to Wells, Roger has published a number of books on the history of the town which are popular with both residents and visitors and is active in local politics.
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